10 Great Prayers For Courage

by DAVID PEA C H

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here are many great prayers in the Bible that can

be read and studied to help you know how to pray for

strength. Though one of the stories mentioned below
doesnt contain the text of the prayer the Bible says
that they prayed and God heard them.
Do you find yourself in need of courage for situations
that come up in your life? Praying and asking God
for courage is the first place you should turn.

Read through these ten prayers for

courage and let us know in the comments
your favorite.

Praying and asking God for courage is the first place you
should turn.

Jacob When Meeting Esau Genesis

32
When Jacob was returning to meet Esau after running
away several years earlier, he was more than a little
scared. He had tricked Esau and fled for his life. As he
returned he heard that Esau was looking for him with
400 men at his side. Jacob prayed to God for courage.
Genesis 32:9-12 And Jacob said, O God of my father
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD
which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to
thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not
worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the
truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for
with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am
become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the
hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear
him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother
with the children. And thou saidst, I will surely do
thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Hezekiahs Prayer 2 Kings 19

A group of kings was preparing to do battle with King
Hezekiah and the Israelites. They were kings who had
wiped out whole nations. When Hezekiah received the
message that Israel was to be invaded, he prayed the
following courage prayer.
2 Kings 19:15-19 And Hezekiah prayed before the
LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest

between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou

alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast
made heaven and earth. LORD, bow down thine ear,
and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear
the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to
reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings
of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were
no gods, but the work of mens hands, wood and
stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now
therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou
us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth
may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou
only.

Gideon Judges 6
Gideon was chosen by God to lead a small army to
defeat the Midianites. Through a series of prayers by
Gideon and proofs by God, Gideon gained the courage
he needed to lead the men.
Here is one exchange between Gideon and the
messenger of God. Gideon said he was not brave
enough to do the job, but he trusted in the God who
promised to lead Israel.
Judges 6:13-16 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my
Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this
befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our
fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us
up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us,
and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this

thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of
the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I
save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh,
and I am the least in my fathers house.
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with
thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
man.

Asa Prayed for Victory 2 Chronicles

14
After the 12 tribes of Israel were divided into the
Northern and Southern Kingdoms (Israel and Judah
respectively), there came a king in the south named
Asa. He was a descendant of David and Solomon. An
Ethiopian ruler by the name of Zerah came to fight
against Gods people. Asa asked God for courage and
for a victory in the battle.
2 Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his
God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help,
whether with many, or with them that have no power:
help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in
thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou
art our God; let no man prevail against thee.

Prayers For Courage From the Psalms

Psalm23

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he
leadeth
me
beside
the
still
waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness
for
his
names
sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy
rod
and
thy
staff
they
comfort
me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of
mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my
cup
runneth
over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the
days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the
LORD for ever.

Psalm

27

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I

fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom
shall
I
be
afraid?
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,
came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and
fell.
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart
shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in
this
will
I
be
confident.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek
after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all
the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD,
and
to
enquire
in
his
temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide
me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine
enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his

tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing

praises
unto
the
LORD.
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy
also
upon
me,
and
answer
me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant
away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me
not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the
LORD
will
take
me
up.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain
path,
because
of
mine
enemies.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such
as
breathe
out
cruelty.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalm

31

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be

ashamed:
deliver
me
in
thy
righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be
thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save
me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for
thy names sake lead me, and guide me.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for
me:
for
thou
art
my
strength.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast

redeemed
me,
O
LORD
God
of
truth.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
trust
in
the
LORD.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast
considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in
adversities;
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:
thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble:
mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and
my
belly.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with
sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity,
and
my
bones
are
consumed.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but
especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine
acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from
me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like
a
broken
vessel.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on
every side: while they took counsel together against
me, they devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
God.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand
of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for
thy
mercies
sake.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called

upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them

be
silent
in
the
grave.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak
grievous things proudly and contemptuously against
the
righteous.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid
up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought
for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence
from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly
in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his
marvellous
kindness
in
a
strong
city.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine
eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my
supplications
when
I
cried
unto
thee.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the
proud
doer.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your
heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Micahs Prayer Micah 7

Part of Micahs prophecy (which was to warn the
nation of Israel of coming judgment) was a prayer to
God asking for protection and courage to face the
enemy.
Micah 7:7, 8 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I
will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear
me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I

fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD

shall be a light unto me.
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